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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Yellowjackets of MSU-Billings avenged their earlier loss to Northwest Nazarene as part of a weekend sweep that put them past the Crusaders and in second place in the GNAC over the weekend, sitting just three points back of Seattle Pacific.

On the women's side, MSUB split and the Central Washington Wildcats nabbed an overtime road victory against NNU Saturday, but the two sides had lost two days prior, leaving them mired at the middle of the table.

The Whitworth men, meanwhile, continue to dominate the Northwest Conference. They showed Saturday that their previous misstep in a draw at George Fox was an aberration, drubbing the Bruins 6-0 Saturday thanks, in part, to a hat-trick from Karl Muelheims. The hometown senior also went on to repeat the feat the following day against Pacific.

On the women's side of the conference, the struggles continued for Whitworth and Whitman. After the two sides played to a scoreless stalemate midweek, the Pirates remained on the road and dropped a game against George Fox before rebounding for a narrow win against Pacific to stay mid-table while Whitman continues to be mired in the basement with another scoreless draw and a loss.

Here's a recap of Division II & Division III action for last week:

GNAC MEN #############

Thursday, October 15

Northwest Nazarene 0 :: 1 MSU-Billings
After a hot start, the Crusaders dropped their third consecutive contest. The Yellowjackets avenged their previous loss on the road to NNU with a goal from Fernando Perez in the 51st minute on a ball from Julian Toenges. and three saves from Tom Lohmann. MORE: NNU [+]MSUB [+]

Northwest Nazarene 3 :: 2 Mary
Mary took the surprising lead just 23 seconds into the match, but Erik Anderson scored back-to-back goals to give the Crusaders the lead before the break. He headed in a rebound in the 26th minute and then Julio Castillo and Michael Mollay (Boise, ID / Walla Walla CC) combined to set him up again five minutes later. Castillo later delivered a through ball to Fernando Alvarez in the 63rd minute for what proved to be the winner. MORE [+]

Concordia 2 :: 3 MSU-Billings

The Yellowjackets used a phenomenal comeback performance to move into second in the league after falling behind by two goals just seconds before intermission. Ricardo Palomino continued his hot season with all three tallies, netting the first on a 20-yard free kick in the 50th minute minute. The rally became a tougher challenge six minutes later when Daragh Kavanagh was sent off for a second caution, but Palomino evened things up on a through ball from Garrett Robinson in the 77th. Four minutes later he capped the fantastic performance, heading in a ball from Sam Butterworth for the winner. MORE [+]

Seattle Pacific 1 :: 0 MSU-Billings
The Yellowjackets were edged out on a goal from the Falcons tallied five minutes into the second half of the contest. MORE [+]

Western Washington 1 :: 0 Central Washington
For the second time in a week, former Wildcat Savanna Moorehouse helped lead the Vikings to victory. This time she set up the deciding tally in the match in the 73rd minute. MORE [+]

Central Washington 2 :: OT :: 1 Northwest Nazarene
The Crusaders took the lead 32 minutes when Ashley Cook-Cox (Spokane, WA) and Hannah Holm (Spokane Valley, WA) combined to set up Lexi Fesenbek. They held the advantage until the 81st minute when the hosts tied things up on a strike from Alexis Manning from a tough angle off a ball from Mackenzie Nolte, who wasted no time finding the winner in the overtime off a cross from Lauren Duty just 34 seconds in. MORE: CWU [+]NNU [+]

Saint Martin's 0 :: 2 MSU-Billings
The Yellowjackets rebounded with a win, scoring two early goals in the first 15 minutes. Lindsay Lucore connected with Alycia Wright on a through ball in the 11th minute and then Bailey Griglio scored four minutes later off a cross from Jessica Spang. MORE [+]

Western Oregon 0 :: 2 Concordia
Hannah Smith (Spokane, WA) set up the go-ahead goal in the 57th minute of the contest.

George Fox 0 :: 6 Whitworth
Karl Muelheims (Spokane, WA) scored three times in the first half as the Pirates dominated the Bruins. The first came as a follow-up opportunity on a corner in the 34th minute and the second off a free kick from Jonah Snyder in the 42nd. He capped the performance in the final minute of the first half via Eric Espinoza. Espinoza capped a great team goal on a ball from Sam Engle. They finished the game out with reserve players, including Tanner Stepp, who scored on a free kick in the 59th and set up the final goal from Johnny Thayer in the 61st. INWsn REPORT [+]

Pacific 2 :: 1 Whitman
Daniel Kim put the Missionaries in front 25 minutes into the contest but the visiting Boxers rallied for the win with two goals in the final 20 minutes. MORE [+]

Pacific Lutheran 2 :: 0 Willamette
Puget Sound 2 :: 0 Linfield

Sunday, October 18

George Fox 1 :: 2 Whitman
The Bruins took the lead in the 15th minute, but the Missionaries answered less than a minute later when Kim fed Park Harmon. Five minutes into the second half Ben Freedman split a pair of defenders to deliver the winning strike for the hosts. MORE [+]

Pacific 0 :: 3 Whitworth
Muelheims did it again. The striker posted a hat-trick for the second consecutive day, putting the Bucs on the board three minutes in and then doubling the lead in the 33rd. He capped the day with his third in the 63rd. MORE [+]

Pacific Lutheran 3 :: 2 Linfield
The Lutes took the lead in the 24th minute on a goal from Joe Sammartino (Boise, ID).

Whitman 0 :: 0 Pacific
The Missionaries outshot their hosts 17-6 in the contest but were unable to find the deciding tally in the draw, coming closest in the 96th minute with a Kathleen Daly-Jensen shot off the crossbar. Only one of those shots allowed needed to be saved by Case in her second consecutive scoreless stalemate. MORE [+]

Whitworth 1 :: 2 George Fox
The Pirates took the lead 23 minutes in when DeNae Vandam (Missoula, MT) set up Lindsey Foster, but the Bruins answered with two goals in the second half, including a 71st minute equalizer from Emma Weme (Sandpoint, ID). MORE [+]

Puget Sound 1 :: 0 Lewis & Clark
Pacific Lutheran 3 :: 0 Willamette

Sunday, October 18

Whitman 1 :: 2 George Fox
The hosts grabbed the lead six minutes before the break and doubled the lead in the final seconds of the period. The Missionaries finally answered in the 83rd through Lena de Guzman on a cross from Olivia Thomson. MORE [+]

Whitworth 1 :: 0 Pacific
Tiara Pajimola (Spokane, WA) scored 12 minutes in off a cross from Hannah Bokma (Spokane, WA) and Stump made it stand as the winner with five saves in goal. MORE [+]

Regis played to a 2-2 draw Friday against Colorado Mesa, getting in front with two goals in the first six minutes of the second half set up by Mickie Piechowski (Boise, ID), connecting with Akina Fujimoto (Meridian, ID) for the first one.

Trailing by three, Joe Wilkes (Spokane, WA) set up the lone Colorado Christian goal in a 4-1 loss to Fort Lewis on a corner Sunday.

Haley Glassy (Missoula, MT) set up Colorado Mesa's third goal in a 4-0 win at MSU-Denver Sunday.

ADDITIONAL DII NOTES #############

Savannah Laursen (Boise, ID) provided the lone goal in the 17th minute to give Redlands a 1-0 home win Saturday against Pomona-Pitzer.